the legend of ultraelectromagneticsupercuracha

have a two-day business conference (see calendar) that i have to pull myself together through. haven't had the time to do a run through of tomorrow, este, today's activities and i'm really really un-tired. i'm using my laptop in the middle of the night while one of my bosses is asleep and the other is helping a client rack their brains out.

i hate this kind of lifestyle. i don't see my Bear often. i don't develop my inner camwhore with my friends, and it's sincerely very depressing. considering it's a month and a half before i leave. i hope i could most of the days i have left in Manila before i leave on the 20th of September. i won't even be here for Moykel's birthday--and he's promised us that Flute gimik for years now. i dunno even if the place is still open.

time and time again, i keep telling myself to make the people in my life feel they're really special--because they are. to take time off from my daily routine to spend quality time with the people in my life who really matter--friends, especially the TLS parechongtoldudes, family, and the Bear. my checklist for the next month is already filled with bank appoinments, visa processing priorities, flight schedule bookings, etc.

seeing djong's pictures of the rest of the gang is bittersweet--because i wasn't able to make myself available during that time, and because it's so nice to see almost everybody in one place like old times. i really, sincerely, and painfully miss that.

goodness, how the hell will i deal with this when i finally board my flight?
basta, parechongtoldudes-- alam nyo na yun. =)

This is interesting.

Based on a report by the Guardian Unlimited, an increasing number of celebrities are being thrown honorary degrees for their contributions to their respective areas of expertise. Although it's one thing being recognized for a job well done, methinks its unfair to some degree to bestow educational honors and a great deal of importance on the celebrity of being educated.

Apparently the rich, famous and not that highly-educated can earn the degrees with a simple deposit.

Lookie-loo, examples are below:

• Barry Gibb Doctor in Music, University of Manchester
• Eddie Izzard Doctor of Letters, University of East Anglia
• Ronald Reagan Doctor of Laws, St John's University, New York
• Annie Lennox Doctor of Music, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
• Mother Teresa Doctor in Medicine, Sacred Heart University
• Margaret Thatcher University of Oklahoma
• Robert Carlyle Doctor of Arts, Napier University
• President JF Kennedy Doctor of Laws, University of California, Berkeley
• Kenneth Branagh Doctor of Letters, University of Birmingham
• Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Doctor of Music, Royal College of Music
• JK Rowling Doctor of Letters, University of Exeter
• Nelson Mandela Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, Dublin
• Helen Mirren Doctor of Letters, University of St Andrews
• President George W Bush Doctor of Laws, Yale University
• Joni Mitchell Doctor of Music, Faculty of Music, McGill University
• Pierce Brosnan Doctor of Laws, University College Cork, Ireland
• David Hockney Doctor of Letters, Leeds University
• Robert Alan Zimmerman (aka Bob Dylan) Doctor of Music, University of St. Andrews
• Mike Tyson Doctor in Humane Letters, Central Ohio State University